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No. 383,633 Patented May 29, 18 88 INVENTOR 4. m2

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CYRUS M. DIOKEY AND ETTA E. DIGKEY, OF NEW GARDEN, OHIO.

CHURN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 383,633, dated May 29, 1888.

Application filed June 27, 1887. Serial No. 242,642.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, CYRUS M. DIOKEY and ETTA E. DIOKEY, ofNew Garden, in the county of Oolumbiana and State of Ohio, have invented a new and Improved Churn, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Our invention relates to churns, and has for its object to provide asimple, inexpensive, and cfiicient rocking churn, which may be operated easily and will bring the butter quickly, and is not liable to get out of order, and may be conveniently and thoroughly cleansed.

The invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combination of parts of the churn, all as hereinafter described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both figures.

Figure l is a perspective view of our improved ehurn with parts broken away and in section, and Fig. 2 is a central vertical transverse section of the churn wit-h parts broken away. I

The frame on which the churn-body A is normally supported comprises two opposite side frames, B B, each made with opposite side bars, I) b, and upper and lower crossbars, b b, connecting them. Each of the bars I) b of these frames B is pivoted at b to opposite metal plates, 0 C, and has the lower edge of its upper abutting end slightly cut away or rounded in order to permit of the movement toward each other of the said bars for effecting the vertical adjustment of the churn-body, in the manner and for the purpose presently de scribed. The plates 0 O are made about semicircular in general form, and provided with segmentally-arranged teeth 0, which serve as direct supports for the churnbody, as hereinafter explained. To one of the frames B a metal bar or plate, 1), is pivoted or held loosely at one end, and the other end portion of the bar is provided with a series of slots, d, into either of which a staple, e, on the opposite frame B may be entered, and a pin, E, is then passed through the staple outside of the bar, to lock it to place and hold the opposite (No model.)

the greatest distance, two faces or edges of the,

sides of the frames at each side of the machine will meet at a central joint-line, b nearthe pivots, and the churn-body will then besupported in its lowermost position.

Should it be desired to raise the churn-body to accommodate a taller person working it, it is only necessary to draw the pin'E and slip the bar D from the staple c, and then draw the lower parts of the frames B B toward each other and engage another slot d of the bar with the staple e and apply the pin E again to the staple to lock the frames for holding the churnbody in a higher position.

The churn-body is supported on the frame by two rack-bars, F F, fixed one to each side of the body by bolts or otherwise, and having teethf, which mesh into or interlock with the to the frames B B by the pivot-bolts b, as above described.

The churn-body A is made with opposite sides a a, rounded at the ends, and a bottom board or plate, a, and top cross-bars, a a all fixed to the sides a a in any approved way, leaving them liquidtight. The opposite end walls of the churn-body consist of wood or metal plates a which are fitted into rabbets in the parts a a a a, and wherein the plates are fastened by nails or screws, so as to be liquid-tight. The opening G, left at the top of the churn-body between its sides a a and crossbars a a is quite large, thus allowing the churn-body to be charged or emptied and cleaned quickly and easily. The margin of the opening G is formed as a rabbet, into and over which the lid or cover H, which is doublerabbeted around its edges or margin, is fitted. The lid. is provided with an air-inlet hole, 71-, and preferably with cleats h, which prevent it from warping, and buttons I I, pivoted to the cross-bars (6 a may be turned over the lid teeth 0 of the opposite side plates, 0 0, held' to hold it securely to place and prevent splash- Within the churn-body, about at its center, is held transversely between pairs of cleats a a fixed to the opposite sides of the body, a comb-like partition, J, through the slotsj of which the liquid contents of the churn-body are thrown by the rocking movements of the body, the partition or plate thus serving as an agitator to thoroughly and quickly break up the globules of the milk. This agitator J may be withdrawn from the churn-body to facilitate cleaning of the parts.

To each end of the churn-body a hook, K, is fixed, and to the lower cross-bar b of each side frame, B, is attached one end of a spiral spring, L, to the other end of which is connected a cord, M, which carries at its free end an eye or loop adapted for engagement with the adjacent hook K on the same end of the churn-body. When the body A stands about level, the springs L at both ends of the frame hang loosely or out of tension, as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings; but the springs and cords are of such length that as each end of the churn is lowered nearly or about to the full extent of the rocking movement of the churn-body on the plates 0 and rack-bars F the spring L at the opposite or high end of the churn will be put in tension, so that it shall by its reaction cause rebound of the churn-body to assist the operator in rocking the body on the frame, which he accomplishes by grasping a crank arm or handle N, which is fitted at its inner end to asquare or fiat sided pin or stud, O, fixed to one side of the from the drawings. The intermeshing teeth f c of the rack-bars and plates F O on the churnbody and its frame support hold the rocking body securely against slipping from the frame and relieve the operator from most of the weight of the rocking body and assure easy and quick movements of the body to cause the butter to come quickly.

It is obvious that when the cords M are unhooked from the churn-body the latter may be easily lifted from the frame B B, and when the bar D is released from the staple e the opposite sides of the frame may be folded together into comparatively small space to facilitate transportation or storage of the churn.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination, with the churn, substantially as described, to the sides of the body of which are secured racks, of the plates or disks provided with segmentall y arranged teeth meshing with said racks, and the supportingfrarne, comprising pairs of side bars pivoted to said disks or plates and adj ustably connected together, substantially as shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

CYRUS M. DIOKEY. ETTA E. DIOKEY.

Witnesses:

GEORGE MORRIS, ALLEN A. RAMSEY. 

